tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post7760618360639527055..comments2024-03-28T13:49:48.236+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Too late!Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14827096507751612442016-11-19T04:25:39.330+00:002016-11-19T04:25:39.330+00:00Mushrooms are odd little beasts, they come and go ...Mushrooms are odd little beasts, they come and go at their will.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-83915384778144734242016-11-19T04:24:53.084+00:002016-11-19T04:24:53.084+00:00I was envying you until you got to tofu. Maybe I&#...I was envying you until you got to tofu. Maybe I've never had it prepared properly.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-34563433212786043502016-11-19T04:22:28.590+00:002016-11-19T04:22:28.590+00:00Unfortunately that's true; especially garlic b...Unfortunately that's true; especially garlic butter!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-48826438516637032002016-11-19T04:21:54.792+00:002016-11-19T04:21:54.792+00:00We have lots this year, and they seem to be contin...We have lots this year, and they seem to be continuing.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91792716486186646122016-11-18T21:27:15.832+00:002016-11-18T21:27:15.832+00:00We used to have loads of field mushrooms in the ba...We used to have loads of field mushrooms in the back field. They are just so tasty - unfortunately they don't grow there any more - mushrooms on toast, you can't beat it.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-17124554651099632812016-11-18T18:14:55.837+00:002016-11-18T18:14:55.837+00:00Mushrooms in our stir fry tonight with spring onio...Mushrooms in our stir fry tonight with spring onions, yellow pepper, ginger, garlic, tofu and beef-flavoured ramen...Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16650725159013368925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-58549176568768543552016-11-18T16:32:27.486+00:002016-11-18T16:32:27.486+00:00Butter makes everything taste good.Butter makes everything taste good.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3845548864096843762016-11-18T14:27:48.277+00:002016-11-18T14:27:48.277+00:00We are still eating the odd crop of field mushroom...We are still eating the odd crop of field mushrooms, cooked - as you say - in garlic butter. This has been the best year for a long time.<br />My mother always did them with liver and bacon in thick gravy and they used to be delicious.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-74101145845883099172016-11-18T12:19:22.769+00:002016-11-18T12:19:22.769+00:00I've never tasted them, I just think of them a...I've never tasted them, I just think of them as a pest. I imagine any toxins can be removed by processing.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-1155099802136693992016-11-18T10:42:51.981+00:002016-11-18T10:42:51.981+00:00The wretched Honey Fungus tastes very good, but so...The wretched Honey Fungus tastes very good, but some people have a very bad reaction to eating them, becoming quite sick. The only way to know if you are such a person is to eat them. I did, and I am not.<br /><br />I saw jars of Honey Fungus pickled in oil on the shelves of a deli here once, and thought that they were taking a huge risk in selling them to the public.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-64099326350326318942016-11-18T09:35:20.854+00:002016-11-18T09:35:20.854+00:00It's absolutely that Jacqueline. If we'd h...It's absolutely that Jacqueline. If we'd had a good Cepe crop I wouldn't have bothered with them.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-17420438414562223492016-11-18T09:34:26.956+00:002016-11-18T09:34:26.956+00:00Supermarket mushrooms and tomatoes should never le...Supermarket mushrooms and tomatoes should never leave the shelves.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-5286976473007349412016-11-18T09:33:48.748+00:002016-11-18T09:33:48.748+00:00We had a good crop this year, in Spring. I believe...We had a good crop this year, in Spring. I believe they're also a very good indicator of pollution. Plenty of Girolles, clean air. No Girolles, polluted. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-69708371717314423342016-11-18T09:32:07.902+00:002016-11-18T09:32:07.902+00:00They really are!They really are!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14032123858585142492016-11-18T08:35:04.494+00:002016-11-18T08:35:04.494+00:00Maybe we get carried away with the more 'exoti...Maybe we get carried away with the more 'exotic' types and the good old field mushroom gets forgotten !!!! Perhaps it was good that the others didn't appear this year as it's given the field mushroom it's time to shine in the Magnon household !!!!!! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-76298997330054877242016-11-18T08:24:21.030+00:002016-11-18T08:24:21.030+00:00Rather made my mouth water too. I loved them from ...Rather made my mouth water too. I loved them from the field but supermarket ones are, like so many things, relatively tasteless.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88391561244172959172016-11-18T08:20:47.291+00:002016-11-18T08:20:47.291+00:00Haven't seen many chanterell (eierschwammerl) ...Haven't seen many chanterell (eierschwammerl) in the woods this year. We used to collect and eat a lot of them before we discovered they suck up our half-life radiation like nobody's business.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-55591613012002093672016-11-18T07:49:29.511+00:002016-11-18T07:49:29.511+00:00Mmmm - garlic mushrooms - divine ! Mmmm - garlic mushrooms - divine ! Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13173629636902114982016-11-18T05:58:46.111+00:002016-11-18T05:58:46.111+00:00Yes, I felt almost guilty not eating them. It has ...Yes, I felt almost guilty not eating them. It has now been rectified.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-15875961862985174252016-11-18T05:58:12.829+00:002016-11-18T05:58:12.829+00:00I think 'Donna' suites you better.I think 'Donna' suites you better.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18457810457786648762016-11-18T05:57:19.014+00:002016-11-18T05:57:19.014+00:00Lovely. And more grown this morning.Lovely. And more grown this morning.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-5536014441344605632016-11-18T05:56:31.300+00:002016-11-18T05:56:31.300+00:00They were really very good; I'd forgotten how ...They were really very good; I'd forgotten how tasty they are.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60637249854575310502016-11-18T05:55:59.992+00:002016-11-18T05:55:59.992+00:00We usually don't bother as there are better on...We usually don't bother as there are better ones around. We are still waiting for the Dents de Rats; no sign of them yet.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82769946959914114222016-11-18T05:48:45.889+00:002016-11-18T05:48:45.889+00:00Yes Cro...that looks like Honey Fungus.....
I pres...Yes Cro...that looks like Honey Fungus.....<br />I presume that it killed the tree whose stump we see in the first picture.<br />Glad you decided to use the Field 'Shrooms....use what Nature provides is my line of thought!Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-61311565992532545182016-11-18T05:32:26.246+00:002016-11-18T05:32:26.246+00:00"Wretched Honey Fungus" My new nome de p..."Wretched Honey Fungus" My new nome de plume I believe. (Did I spell that right? The nuns taught me French, in between ruler beatings.) Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.com